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waxy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waxy \Wax"y\, a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence yielding; pliable; impressible. ``Waxy to persuasion.'' --Bp. Hall. {Waxy degeneration} (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under {Amyloid}. {Waxy kidney}, {Waxy liver}, etc (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: waxy adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" [syn: {waxen}] 2: resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves" [syn: {waxlike}, {ceraceous}] 3: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness" [syn: {waxen}, {waxlike}]
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